monkeyb0y Posted May 7, 2011 Share Posted May 7, 2011 Gotta question that's bugging me a bit. I did my sills by cutting halfway up the inner and outer to good metal... Outside a doddle, inside had to get under and weld upwards which was a f**ker to do.... I've seen people thou cutting 6 inch of the floor away so they can basically weld downhand all the time....can you weld onto the top of the box rather than the side of the box?....is this method better to do...even thou there's more welding, mostly its from above.. Just interested to hear other views.. Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longlandy Posted May 7, 2011 Share Posted May 7, 2011 Dont be a girl just put ear plugs in to stop the sparks hurting and get on with it|! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted May 7, 2011 Share Posted May 7, 2011 Most people cut the floor out because its rotten, not to help with the positional stuff... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyb0y Posted May 7, 2011 Author Share Posted May 7, 2011 Lol...I didn't use earplugs ... for half hour... then found out the hard way.... She's gone thru 2 mots and it looks ok...good for a few years thanks to your posts mark...I was just curious with the cutting away of the floor and if it was poss to weld onto the top of the box... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redneck Posted May 8, 2011 Share Posted May 8, 2011 I didn't need to cut the floor out, it wasn't there in the first place!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katluke Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 I only cut mine out as it was rotten and was going to have to be replaced anyway and also I preferred to remove all the existing sills and replace with heavier box section.It just happened that doing it this way seemed to make the job a bit easier to do. hth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Range Rover Blues Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 Welding downhand is much easier, especially if the box section is significantly thicker than the factory metal. As adi however it;s usually more to do with how far the tinworm have gone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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